Carthage Elementary School Literacy Professional Development Resources Dr

KEY Components of Sound Comprehension Instruction (across the curriculum): Make sure students know ... What do you do BEFORE you read What do you do DURING reading What do you do AFTER reading	Pre-During-Post Reading Strategies: Resources for Pre/During/Post Strategies Explanation of Pre-During-After Strategies	What this means to teachers: Every phase of the reading event must be matched with an ACTIVE pre/during/and post reading strategy (usually a graphic organizer/learning map).
Here is a website that reads the words, has games, and more. Very nice for emergent readers who need repetition, repetition, repetition (you get the idea!). http://www.starfall.com/ http://www.starfall.com/n/level-a/index/load.htm	Substitute Teacher Packet http://users.erols.com/interlac/subtch.htm
Vocabulary Development!!! Frayer Model is an adaptation of the concept map	Click HERE to get information on WordSort - The Word Study Software. This is FREE companion software for Words Their Way - YOU WILL WANT THIS!	Aaron Shepard’s RT Page
First Day of School Checklist (plus many resources and links - scroll down page) Bulletin Board Quotes	A Word Game a Day (So great!)	Assign-a-Day Free on-line calendar for keeping track of assignments and projects.
	An Alphabet of Snakes	Watson's Word Wall PBS Kids
Puzz.com Puzz.com is a source for IQ tests, puzzles, trivia, games & contests for entertainment & education.	30 books for you to download, print and assemble	Stories PBS Kids
Language arts, math, science, social studies games and puzzles (interactive).	Grammar Glossary Harcourt Dynamic definitions of grammar terms for first through fifth grades. Same thing for MATH (grades 1-8)	Games PBS Kids
K-3 Theme Units at Enchanted Learning These themes have links to simple crafts, nursery rhymes, coloring book printouts, information, and/or quizzes based on the topic.	Book Adventure Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.	FunBrain.com What's the Word? Suggested for ESL and early readers. Interactive.
FunBrain.com Suggested for ESL. Interactive.	FunBrain.com Many interactive games. Check the "Word" section.	Enchanted Learning CLOZE The page features printouts. In each, the student reads a few paragraphs with missing words, and must fill in the blanks (using a word bank). These activities test reading comprehension and teach the student about a topic.
Rebus Rhymes Enchanted Learning Rebus Rhymes is designed for children who are learning how to read. Preschoolers and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words they can read in their favorite nursery rhymes.	Monthly Activity Calendars Enchanted Learning Click on the activity to go to crafts, printouts, Label Me! quizzes, and other activities.	Fun Activities On-line storytime, coloring and interactive games, and printable activities.
Dositey.com Free interactive lessons, exercises and worksheets, educational games, open-ended questions in Math and Language Arts, and more..	Juice Bottle Jingles Play music on-line and learn how to use bottles to play music at home.	MoJo's Musical Mouseum A place where you can find the lyrics to your favorite kids' songs, or send out a request for a long lost song.
One of the best "author sites" on the Internet. Everything you need to enjoy Jan Brett's books in the classroom.	Online examples, practice, tutorials and printable materials!	The Instruction Zone Rios Elementary School Writing, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Math.
Dolch Words Pre-K - 3rd grade	ABC Activities Coloring is NOT reading so go EASY on those!	HOMEPAGE
On-Line Reading Lessons	Original (easy read) Story One Little Rabbit Up in the Sky	Myths and Legends
OnLineNewspapers.com Thousands of the world's newspapers all on-line.	Aesop's Fables On-line Collection	Literature and Author Resource Site
	Internet School Library Media Center This page focuses on children's literature in education. Teachers, library media professionals, parents and students will find information on children's literature and associated language arts here.

Cinderella David Delamare	The Cinderella Project (WebQuest) Ella Enchanted is just one of more than 1,500 versions of the Cinderella story that have been written in countries and cultures all over the world; many of these variations have become popular in classrooms and homes of America today.	The Cinderella Project University of Mississippi Who needs a Fairy Godmother Anyway? (WebQuest) Multicultural Cinderella Folk Tales (WebQuest)
Interactive Word Games CROSSWORD CHALLENGE ANAGRAMS BOGGLER CROSSWORD HELPER WORDS IN A WORD WORD MORPH	The REAL Alphabet	John Henry
Koala Lou (WebQuest)	The Mitten (WebQuest)	Olivia (WebQuest)
Scholastic Poetry Site	Internet School Library Media Center: POETRY	Graphic Organizers
Pre/During/Post Reading Strategies	The Quiltmaker's Gift
The Perpetual Preschool	Pogo.com Recommended word games: Jumble Bees Word Whomp
Bookmaking	Weekly Guided Reading Form	Web Sites that Focus on WORD PLAY Vocabulary Cartoons Word Find Puzzles Homonyms Word Play Anagrams
Summer Planning for the 4 Blocks (organizational help to be ready for the fall)	Book Ideas for Parents or Classroom (a list of books with activities ... keep clicking "next page" until you see the "how to" for the activities) Go HERE to read about this entire project.	Game Ideas for Students who need Extra Practice
Rudyard Kipling "How the Leopard Got His Spots"	MANY resources for literacy learning. (one of Pam's favorites)	Folklore, Myths, and Legends
Information for Parents on Helping their Children Learn to Read	Poetry (You are going to LOVE this site! Be sure and click on the "Funny Forty.")	Children's Storybooks On-Line
Busy Teachers Guide to the WWW	Academy Curricular Exchange Language Arts Lessons Elementary (K-5)	Candlelight Stories
Whootie Owl's Stories to Grow By (many of these stories are also featured as "plays" and all contain positive messages)	Judy and David's On-Line Songbook (also their fairytale/folktale tapes are fantastic ... another of Pam's MUST HAVE'S!)	Brainteasers, Puzzles, and Riddles (these are great ... check out the one for storybooks)
Comprehension Strategies (this is the file I left off your CD ... it is a Word document)	Beginning of School Getting Acquainted Activities	Vocabulary and Spelling Instruction
Ideas for Teaching Literature and Reading (highly recommended by pam)	Literacy Activities categorized by Four Blocks	Teacher's Desk (fantastic)
Personal Educational Press Create free educational worksheets such as flashcards, game boards, and quizzes to print directly from your browser. Simply choose a word list and an output style.	OK, this is the coolest thing EVER! Click below to create a TIMELINE of your (or your student's) life. Tremendous applications for social studies and for literature studies that are set in the past! (historical fiction, history information books) Our TimeLines.com	Achievement Award Certificates These are free. You can follow the links to the homepage and find out how for $24.95 you can get TONS more with more options. Either way (free or per membership) these are really NICE! Another one.
Rubric Generator	Vocabulary Practice by Grade Level edHelper.com Not bad to get you started. Could easily be adapted for group work or game format.	Spelling Practice by Grade Level edHelper.com Same comment.
Wacky Web Tales (students enter parts of speech and the website builds a story for them ... good practice for parts of speech and reading high interest text)	Back to School Printables Galore! Neat site with lots of good "ready made" resources.	Anticipation Guides
Think-Alouds	National Reading Vocabulary List for 4th grade	Vocabulary Strategies Great, great, great!
More VOCABULARY ideas! ERIC Vocabulary Plans Vocabulary Sort Ideas for Previewing Vocabulary	Guess What? Poems with clues ... you guess WHAT is "talking" in each poem. GREAT for sight word recognition and higher order thinking.	*Costume Alphabet* A WebQuest for Preschool-Kindergarten
Anansi WebQuest (3rd - 4th Grade) Very well done!	NCTE's A Balanced Literacy Program Helps remind teachers of the essential elements of sound literacy instruction	Fun with Poetry! at bigchalk.com You have GOT to see this!
Anticipation Guides Already DEVELOPED! All levels. Check it out.	Making Sense of Pre/During/Post Reading Strategy Instruction	The Write Source Writing Topics
Robert Munsch visit this site to do an author study ... be SURE and see this page: http://www.robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm	Folk and Fairy Tales (over 1000)
Thematic Unit Links Link added 10/19/02	Literacy Strategies and Resources Link added 10/19/02	Spelling Managing an Integrated Spelling Program Links added 10/19/02

Costume Alphabet